Heatwave Hitting Australia With Temperatures Set To Soar Even Higher

Batten down the hatches and grab the air conditioning remote, Australia, you’re in for a heatwave (an actual one) this week. Let us explain why it’s going to be so hot, and what you can do to beat the heat.

This heatwave — which is defined as five days straight of temperatures five degrees above average — is being caused by a large mass of warm air moving from its previous spot over the centre of Australia to the rest of the interior of the country.

That warm air means business, too. Temperatures around the interior of the country are set to reach the mid- to high-40s over the next few days. Some parts of the country are set to reach 47°C tomorrow — three degrees off the highest temperature ever recorded in Australia.

The warm air is being pushed by cool fronts all over the country, making the lives of those in the interior miserable right through to mid-next week. Even capital cities like Melbourne will swelter, with temperatures set to hit 40.2°C tomorrow.

Sorry dude, you live in Perth you know it's insanely hot for far too much of the year. In the 1970's Perth had a a run of 60 days over 30 and last year almost toppled it as the hottest summer and Perth in 2012 was hottest capitol on Earth.

lived in Perth all my life bro & used to the weather,i just get a little miffed when our heat waves get described( by eastern states )as a bit warm yet when its the rest of Australia's turn its a massive disaster in the making....

no fucktard, the point is we had a nine day heatwave & it was the first summer one in oz, not the one or two hot days they are getting in the east, by the way the Xmas heatwave was the hottest December recordings in 80 years so we DON'T get these temps either....dick.

I don't know, I remember in Melbourne as a kid back in the 70's / 80's we used to get numerous days in the 40's during summer. It would be a very predictable pattern, low 30's, then creep up over a few days to the 40's, then boom, rain for a day or two back in the mid 20's and start the same cycle again.

Where's it a dry heat??? (Perth, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, generally 3 of them is correct)

If it is humid it doesn't get that hot.... (so you like 45 degrees, dry better than humid )....

Northerners always claim that they get the worst because of the"humidity" (35 degrees and 95% we get that all the time in NSW....then a thunder storm happens....poor dears), south Australians and Western Australians swelter at 30 degrees and blame the humidity....

Deal with it.... show me a day a 42 or above with humidity above 80%.... rare if not never....

Perth: gundolini.... only two days over 40Deg, didn't even get hot....

I always think that we are just getting soft with climate control AC.... (I bet everyone in Perth had their evap coolers going full bore and still complain about the temp....)

Sure Where I am we have had a nice summer so-far, bit of warm, then a bit of rain... But the hot summers will come back don't worry.... Drink lots of water and make sure you have the SP 30+ at hand....

I live in Newcastle... (similar weather, though a little more humid than the south coast, probably the same temp..(slightly more warm days though) and have lived in Queensland over the years, I acclimatise quick...
same goes for European winters (Or Canberra, cold winters, hot dry summers..), though it is always easier to add clothes to stay warm..